you have tim kaine and george allen.nd right now george allen has a 8-point lead and how does that play out and how does it effect the race at the end of the day. >> they're both friends of yours. they were both popular goshes. goshes--governors. i think virginia will swing back to the republican column and as a consequence they'll have a new republican governor. >> obama carried virginia four years ago and i don't think that will be the case. i saw that four key states were virginia, ohio, colorado, were targeted states, and both ohio and virginia at this point are looking as though they're going to go-- >> you think virginia goes republican in the senate and gubernatorial presidential race. and how do you see the massachusetts rate with scott brown and elizabeth warren. >> in virginia barack obama will spend a lot of time and tim kaine will have to embrace that. none of the presidential legacy also spent much time. in massachusetts it's very close. it's a race that democrats really want their seed back in their column.

tim kaine versus george allen in your case. larry? don't know if i mentioned the word coat tail. but this is a pure coat tail race. chris, think about it. how many voters who vote for president obama are going to turn around and vote for george allen? seriously. you can count on both hands and a lot of mistakes. tim kaine is not just known here as former governor. he is known as former obama dnc chair. so people who vote for mitt romney are very unlikely to turn around and vote for tim kaine. i think the winner of the presidential contest in virginia gets a bonus senate seat. >> wow. that powerful. >> yeah, i think it is definitely a nationalized race and i think the kaine campaign it looking at the obama campaign movement. how much do they plan virginia. does that help or hurt come november. if you watch kaine's campaign, he has been very careful to distant himself from president. >> i don't think he needs coat tails. let's go to missouri. what do you think, a very familiar face here on our show. we like her. she has been a great ope

george allen faced off with bishop jackson, robert g. marshall, and former tea party head jamie radke. none were with willing to formally endorse mitt romney for president. >> we don't have a nominee yet. according to what we believe, we support the nominee. >> i'll do formal endorsements on my own time. i know the media likes to control things, i'll decide on my own. >> the republican primary is june 12th, the winner faces timothy cane in november. >>> next on news 4, a man survives a fiery crash while riding in a stolen car. why he's suing police for chasing him. >>> plus, an activist's bold escape from a house arrest in china. he did it without being able to see. >>> plus, the labs during -- >> four years ago i was locked in a brutal primary battle with hillary clinton. four years later she won't stop ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear

front-runner george allen, tea party leader and delegate bob marshal and chesapeake minister e. w. jackson all pledged support for the 1996 federal law giving states the right not to recognize same sex marriages. also none of the candidates was ready to endorse the republican nominee apparent, mitt romney. today was the first of three debates. the winner of the primary faces former governor in november. >>> washington biggest event this evening is still going strong tonight. we are talking about the 98th annual white house correspondents association dinner. our ken molestina is live at themuseum in downtown washington where the party is expected to pick up. ken? >> reporter: yeah, andrea, they say this is the place where those from the hollywood hills meet those from capitol hill. this after party is expected to bring in a lot of big names tonight, but earlier this evening, of course, the main event was just down the street at the washington hilton. streets outsided washington hilton were jammed with traffic and police. this kind of chaos can only mean one thing, the president of t

both are going to go down to the wire. >> george allen and tim cain.ou think george allen keep it in the center of the road he should have won that race, but he like mitt romney this year shot himself in the foot quite a few times and you got a sense he will keep his head down and win the race. >> we are saying the future is now. >> okay. >> a reference. >> it's going to be hard for george allen to win that. the polls are pretty even, but it's dinitely a challenge for him to win votes. it's an even race and massachusetts has been close as well. >> up next, nbc's chuck todd joins the conversation and battle ground florida. we will bring in columnist carl hiassen to discuss. first, bill has a check on the forecast. >> good morning to you. after a miserable weekend, things are improving. a decent start to the first april monday. the biggest storm ohere is not hitting up in canada. a huge storm and the big swirl underneath the word storm that affects british columbia. that's about it. otherwise it's a decent forecast and temperatures will be slow to warm u

according to rasmussen, republican george allen leads democrat tim kaine by one percentage point. that's 46-45, a huge drop from two months ago when the polls showed allen had an eight-point lead. both still have to win their party's nomination in the june primary. the two former governors will face off in the first of four debates saturday. >>> get ready to break out the umbrellas. topper will tell us if it will clear up in time for the weekend, his forecast coming up. >> but first one day before draft time robert griffin, iii putting away some of the glitz and glamour of broadway for a little football fun in the big apple. we'll show you what happens. >>> excuse me, folks, i'm all choked up because this time tomorrow the redskins will be on the verge of picking robert griffin, iii with the no. 2 pick in the 2012 nfl draft, but today was a little bit of fun. the heisman trophy winning quarterback joined other top prospects to give back to the game. the college stars were teaching football and fitness skills to 600 kids at the nfl's play 60 draft celebration and rg3 says while tom

remember former virginia senator george allen's moment? his apology for using what many thought was a racial slur to an indian said i do apologize if he's offended by that. contrast that with marlins manager who practically fell all over himself today apologizing for saying in an interview that he loves fidel castro. i did the wrong thing. it was a very stupid comment, he said. while i think apologies are all about seeking forgiveness, at least you do need to step up and admit you did something wrong, understand you caused a lot of hurt and promise to do better. he said if i don't learn from this mistake, i will call myself dumb. somewhat ironically, some in south florida say he ought to lose his job. the offense is just too great they cannot grant him forgiveness. fair enough. that's their prerogative, but at least he was man enough to ask for it. anita? >> well said, derek. >>> wind, wind and more wind? >> pretty much. tomorrow will be a perfect day for a tornado drill. there's going to be a tornado drill in the state of maryland, 9:45 i

george allen and jamie, bob marshall all agreed they will likely support higher retirement age before some people can get social security benefits. whoever wins the gop primary will run against tim kaine in november. president obama getting pushed back from the romney campaign. it says romney never would have given the order to kill osama bin laden in pakistan. peter shows us the reason for the dust up. >> a year ago this week, president obama gave the go ahead for the raid that took out osama bin laden, but his campaign is suggesting that if a president romney had been given the same intell, he wouldn't have gone for the kill. and they are making that point in a new ad with former president, bill clinton. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> after asking which path mitt romney would have taken, the ad highlights the 2007 headline that says mitt romney criticized barack obama for vowing to strike al-qaeda targets inside pakistan if necessary and this isn't the first time this week the campaign has hit romney on

i think between tim kaine, former governor, and george allen, former senator, that race is going on. that's a pretty close race. it's going to also track a bit the race between mitt romney and obama. the president. i thi i think polls would show you that kaine might be a little bit ahead. i wouldn't pay that much attention to it, it's going to be a tough race. and i think there will be an overabundance of money for both of them. there will be no shortage of money. and so it's going to result in turnout. who is going to be struck with the desire to get up and go and vote? that's the thing that the president has got to be concerned with. is that excitement going to be there in 2012 that was there in 2008? will that translate in terms of tim kaine's vote? will tim kaine be carried in with the president to the extent the president will be riding on the kaine vote, and kaine riding on the president's vote? how strong will romney be in virginia? will the anti-obama sentiment that many of the students have spoken to, is it big in virginia? i can tell you this, it's real. and it's something

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george allen, jackson and the other two took questions in roanoke. all four agreed they supported a states' right to not recognize same-sex marriage and none of them were ready to endorse mitt romney for president. >> nothing yet, but cording to what we believe, we will support the nominee. >> i know the media likes to control things but i will decide on my own. >> the republican primary is june 12th. all over the country, women are speaking up against what they believe is a war on their rights and values. there were multiple protests yesterday as women rallied against proposals that they say are anti-women. they called for equal pay and the violence against women act. they say all the rights are under assault from reon legisla the state and federal view. >>> president obama will have some major star power alongside him today at a fund-raiser. former president, bill clinton will appear with the current commander in chief at a fund-raiser in virginia. tickets are going for as much as $20,000 a person. it's the first of three joint fundraisers of two w

caller: we have our primary coming up at the end of this month with jane racky and george allen and george allen will probably win. host: are you happy about that? caller: it doesn't matter because george alan is going to vote republican and tim kaine is going to vote democrat. so really, you're voting the majority party. it depends on how you go. tim kaine is a barack obama wanabe. so i guess i'm hoping for jamie to pull out some kind of miracle and we have somebody with an independent brain and you're going to washington. host: and what matters most to you issues-wise, john? caller: issues-wise, i'm a paul ryan guy. i love paul ryan. i've written him letters and i would take a couple of years off and work for him for free. i think we had a lot of problems facing the country. ain't nobody facing the problems. that's my biggest issue. host: ok. thanks for your call. next up is bradenton, florida, and this is charles who's a democrat there. good morning, charles, you're on the air. caller: i want to say a couple of quick things. first of all, i'm a democrat but i'm also a christian. instead

george allen, ew jackson, bob marshall and jamie radke agree they will likely support higher retirement requirements before some people can get social security benefits. >> i envision a much better future for our country, and this election coming up in six months is going to determine the trajectory of our country, whether we're going to continue declining or to begin ascending again. >> everything that we hold dear seems to be under attack! and we have now come to a point in our history where something has to be done. there is no more time. >> i'm a 21-member of the virginia general assembly, never voted for a tax increase, never voted for deficit spending. i can stand on my record. i do not have to run from it. >> if we do not deal with spending and paying down an almost $16 trillion debt, then jobs and our economy will be devastated. [ applause ] >> whoever wins the gop primary will run against governor tim kaine for the senate seat in november. >>> well, severe weather in the midwest. winds turned deadly at a baseball celebration in st. louis. we'll have more on that, coming up afte

republican george allen says that he has received more than $1.4 million in the first three months thisr. he is trying to regain the senate seat he lost in 2006 to democrat jim webb. allen faces three other contenders for the nomination -- former governor tim kaine is the lone democrat to run. he's raised $2.2 million in the first three months of the year. >>> an anti-smoking bill aimed at protecting young children from same-sex -- from secondhan may be in limbo. delegates in the house say the subcommittee that is currently considering the bill is not looking at it favorably. five other states have similar laws. >>> a maryland family that lost their pet will get $620,000 from the frederick county sheriff's office. a deputy trying to serve a civil warrant in 2010 shot the labrador retriever. he said the dog was too aggressive. a jury decided the deputy violated the couple's rights by going in the home without permission. >>> this morning, there's proof that coyotes are living in northern virginia. a camera captured this video of a coyote last week in potomac overlook regional park. the a

when i was the policy director for george allen, i said, you have to make an effort to go to committeesof color and go in there and keep your mouth shut. -- to communities of color and go in there and keep your mouth shut. politicians love to talk. the opposite of talking is listening. in politics, the opposite of talking is waiting to talk. [laughter] the people of the republican party, a thinking what they are going to say. stop and listen. go to committees of color and listen. say, what is on your mind? what can i do better? we show up, hey, come vote for me. we go to the church. see you later. >> can i make one quick point. i want to be respectful. in the interest of fairness, there would not be a tim scott -- he is the only black member of congress who represents a predominantly white district. there are only two african american members of congress who represent predominantly white districts. i used to be the recruitment share for the democratic party. this is african american -- if an african american candidates in the democratic party surfaced it was always in a black district.

george allen and the poll, and i think he is up slightly over tim kaine. to see over the summer in this competitive race? >> i don't know. i think it's still too early. remember, a lot of this polling is now tied to president obama. kaine is not only the democratic chair, but he is closely aligned with president obama. if obama's stock goes up it could bring kaine up. virginia was key in the election. >> it's interesting, reverse coattails operating here. neither candidate can count on their person, their presidential-type of person helping him this time. >> in virginia, romney should and he was running up unopposed in the primary, but how popular is he in virginia? >> well, president obama is going to virginia. and he will be speaking in virginia. >> the virginia common wealth, another college -- >> yeah, and something he is looking at as a swing state campaign wise. this could change the whole picture because mr. obama is going to speak there. but i still think of virginia as on the fence. i don't know why. this is always sticking in my head when we talk

forward, not relitigating fights from the past two generations, whether it's contraception or george allen's obama represent a new ren ration, saying how are we going to win the next set of jobs, how will we help virginia outcompete the chinas and indias moving forward? and there is some sense of who gets the challenges today versus who is doing too much nostalgia back. that could play not just with young voters, but those feeling economically insecure about their futures. >> tom, i'll give you the last word on our virginia question. a little counterintuitive. if you are mitt romney, or mitt romney's campaign, are you not the kind of republican that necessarily plays particularly well with virginia. how do you make the case with mitt romney to voters in virginia ? >> i think governor romney's attempt will be to try to make it about the president and not about himself. i think he's on weaker ground with the latter. i think he's got to come up with a plan to show some core values of a sense of right and wrong, and one of the concerns people have, they are not quite sure where he stands on thin

protesters marched on the city's police department demanding the arrest of the shooter, george zimmerman. ron allen has our report. >> reporter: the nation's civil rights leaders have vowed to make the city of sanford's name as infamous as selma and birmingham were in the 1960s for racial injustice. as hundreds once again converged on the place where george zimmerman gunned down trayvon martin and claimed self-defense. >> we'll use sanctions. we'll use boycotts. we'll use civil disobedience. we'll use every weapon in the non violent arsenal. >> reporter: in a rare public comment, martin's older brother said he does not believe zimmerman's relatives, who claim his brother attacked and threatened to kill the crime watch volunteer. >> that doesn't sound like my brother at all. >> reporter: this week on piers morgan tonight, robert zimmerman insisted his brother had to fire to save his life. >> and there would have been george dead had he not acted decisively in that moment when he was being disarmed. >> i think we just need to relax. >> reporter: julie tongs just said what many feel in this place many

florida, after the police department were marched on demanding the arrest of the shooter george zimmerman. nbc's ron allen has more. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: the mission civil rights leaders have vowed to make the city of sanford's name as important as selma and birmingham are for racial justice. as hundreds marched on the place where trayvon was gunned down. >> we'll use sanctions, use boycotts, we'll use civil disobedience. we'll use every weapon in the nonviolent arsenal. >> i think that we just need to relax a little bit. >> reporter: julie just said what many here feel. in this place that calls itself the friendly city. proud of its historic downtown and waterfront promenade. merchants say tourism is down. >> i feel sorry for the family and sorry for the kid, but he's passed away. enough is enough. >> we came because the parents asked us to come. >> reporter: and one person who encouraged protestors to come was this freshman at trayvon marlten's high school. >> he came from our school, and he was friends with a lot of people, and people were really close to him. he was like family. >>

when i was the policy director for george allen, i said, you have to make an effort to go to committeeshut. -- to communities of color and go in there and keep your mouth shut. politicians love to talk. the opposite of talking is listening. in politics, the opposite of talking is waiting to talk. [laughter] the people of the republican party, a thinking what they are going to say. stop and listen. go to committees of color and listen. say, what is on your mind? what can i do better? we show up, hey, come vote for me. we go to the church. see you later. >> can i make one quick point. i want to be respectful. in the interest of fairness, there would not be a tim scott -- he is the only black member of congress who represents a predominantly white district. there are only two african american members of congress who represent predominantly white districts. i used to be the recruitment share for the democratic party. this is african american -- if an african american candidates in the democratic party surfaced it was always in a black district. the staff took a look at it and said, he is a

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when i was the policy director for george allen, i said, you have to make an effort to go to committees your mouth shut. -- to communities of color and go in there and keep your mouth shut. politicians love to talk. the opposite of talking is listening. in politics, the opposite of talking is waiting to talk. [laughter] the people of the republican party, a thinking what they are going to say. stop and listen. go to committees of color and listen. say, what is on your mind? what can i do better? we show up, hey, come vote for me. we go to the church. see you later. >> can i make one quick point. i want to be respectful. in the interest of fairness, there would not be a tim scott -- he is the only black member of congress who represents a predominantly white district. there are only two african american members of congress who represent predominantly white districts. i used to be the recruitment share for the democratic party. this is african american -- if an african american candidates in the democratic party surfaced it was always in a black district. the staff took a look at it and s

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